Episode 10.3: Creative professor teaches medicine with Pokémon and AI
Update: 2025-10-13
Description
Meet Tyler Bland (go.uidaho.edu/3Vt7q0W), clinical assistant professor in the School of Health and Medical Professions (go.uidaho.edu/4nJgRFM). Medical students struggle to learn and retain the fire hose of information they need to become doctors. Bland explains how he is using ingenuity, imagination and AI to create Pokémon-esque monsters and medically-themed movies to help his students learn.
Visit our website go.uidaho.edu/thevandaltheory. Email us at vandaltheory@uidaho.edu. Learn about Idaho’s premier research university, University of Idaho, at uidaho.edu.
Music
“Young Republicans” by Steve Combs (go.uidaho.edu/3U3MNHs) via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (go.uidaho.edu/3Q6LeY5).
“Reach” by Sam Cardon (go.uidaho.edu/46LpVUE) via Amphibious Zoo.
Chapters
(0:00 ) Have you used mnemnic devices
(2:36 ) Getting to know Tyler Bland
(3:43 ) Medical education challenges
(7:42 ) Introducing Medimon
(13:01 ) Medimon video games
(15:45 ) Case studies become AI movies with Hollywood stars
(17:45 ) Shattered Slippers with Selena Gomez
(21:48 ) Malaria through Alien
(25:28 ) Are the students learning better?
(28:34 ) Final thoughts
Visit our website go.uidaho.edu/thevandaltheory. Email us at vandaltheory@uidaho.edu. Learn about Idaho’s premier research university, University of Idaho, at uidaho.edu.
Music
“Young Republicans” by Steve Combs (go.uidaho.edu/3U3MNHs) via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (go.uidaho.edu/3Q6LeY5).
“Reach” by Sam Cardon (go.uidaho.edu/46LpVUE) via Amphibious Zoo.
Chapters
(0:00 ) Have you used mnemnic devices
(2:36 ) Getting to know Tyler Bland
(3:43 ) Medical education challenges
(7:42 ) Introducing Medimon
(13:01 ) Medimon video games
(15:45 ) Case studies become AI movies with Hollywood stars
(17:45 ) Shattered Slippers with Selena Gomez
(21:48 ) Malaria through Alien
(25:28 ) Are the students learning better?
(28:34 ) Final thoughts
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